Tag: Better Roads: Page 10

Roadbuilding

Last piece of old Tappan Zee Bridge in N.Y. removed

Work crews lowered the 600-foot long, 5,500-ton final section of bridge onto barges, which transported it to another location to be dismantled. Details here.

May 31, 2019

Roadbuilding

Second span of NYC’s Kosciuszko Bridge to open ahead of schedule

The New York City bridge that carries traffic over Newtown Creek is scheduled to open in September of this year. Details here on Equipment World.

May 30, 2019

Roadbuilding

ALDOT releases new renderings of proposed Mobile River Bridge and Bayway expansion

ALDOT recently released videos and images of the latest plans for the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway expansion along with interchanges to I-10. Details here.

May 29, 2019

Roadbuilding

GDOT holds public meeting to discuss plans for new toll lanes on I-285

The toll lanes would ease traffic congestion and link the growing network of toll lanes around the Perimeter between Acworth and Buford. Details here.

May 28, 2019

Roadbuilding

Audit discovers billions in PennDOT road and bridge funds transferred to state police

The auditor found funding for repair, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads and bridges had been transferred to the state police. More here.

May 24, 2019

Roadbuilding

Developed by Army Corps of Engineers, Cor-Tuf concrete offers 75-year lifecycle

The new ultra-high performance concrete was developed at the Corps' Geotechnical Structures Lab and exceeds Federal Highway Administration specifications.

May 21, 2019

Roadbuilding

Cold-asphalt RAP mix used in PennDOT’s pilot to pave rural roads fails

PennDOT's pilot program that planned to pave rural roads with recycled asphalt has failed. The asphalt formula is what caused the fail leading to potholes.

May 20, 2019

Safety

House Subcommittee proposes increasing FY 2020 budgets for MSHA, OSHA, NIOSH

A budget bill drafted by the House subcommittee for the FY 2020 aims to increase funding for OSHA, MSHA, and NIOSH. Learn more about the proposed budgets here.

May 17, 2019

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Texas DOT plans to build new Nueces River Bridge as part of I-37 project

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) plans to build a new Nueces River bridge as part of a major construction project planned for Interstate 37, North Shore News reports. The project will focus on a section of I-37 between the Redbird Lane exit and the US-77 interchange. “What we’re doing is what’s called lane balancing,” […]

May 17, 2019

Roadbuilding

Paving company flagger shot and killed on the job following argument

Police report that Terrance Barnes was arrested and charged with the April 17 fatal shooting of Barry Holmes, a man who was working as a flagger for a paving company in Southeast Washington D.C., FOX 5 reports. Police say Holmes was shot after asking a pedestrian not to step on freshly laid asphalt. According to investigators, […]

May 16, 2019

Construction Equipment

Man steals bulldozer from Arizona gravel pit, tears up roads

An Arizona man recently led deputies on a slow-speed chase after allegedly stealing a bulldozer. On Tuesday, April 30, 35-year-old Jeremy James Sterling was charged with stealing a bulldozer from the Mohave County Road Department gravel pit in Golden Valley, Arizona, and took patrol units and a helicopter on a wild and destructive chase, the […]

May 15, 2019

Roadbuilding

Fla. bridge closed after being struck by barge

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office reported that two smokestacks being transported on a barge struck the John T. Brooks Bridge in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, the morning of April 27, FOX10 reports. The Sheriff’s Office said the bridge was closed until the bridge structure could be inspected to make sure it was safe. The Florida Department […]

May 15, 2019